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Margaret Yost, cancer survivor

December 4, 2013Margaret Yost is a two-time cancer patient at the UK Markey Cancer Center – a breast cancer survivor who then was diagnosed months later with a slow-growing carcinoid tumor that required GI surgery. This is her story (:31). Watch (video will open in a new window) »

One patient's story

Mike's heart was ready to give up; UK's cardiac team was not.

Nov 12, 2013Mike Hill went to bed the night before his 54th birthday wondering what kind of cake he might have the next day. A phone call early the next morning changed those plans. Instead of cake, he would be getting a new heart (5:37). Watch (video will open in a new window) »

High school soccer player finds treatment for rare bone tumor

December 2, 2013Nicole Upchurch is once again an active student, playing soccer and planning for college. Hit with troubling symptoms, she went from doctor to doctor to find a diagnosis. Hear her story of being the first UK HealthCare patient to receive specialized treatment for a rare giant-cell tumor (5:39). Watch (video will open in a new window) »